Elevating and dumping apparatus.



PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903.

R. HOLLOPETER. ELEVATING AND DUMPING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 19. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 15, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELEVATING AND DUI VI PING APPARATUS.

.sBEQ-lFIGATIO'N forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,000, dated September 15, 1903. Application filed December 19, 1902. Serial No. 135,844. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern..- 7

Be it known that I, RUSSELL HOLLOPETER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevating and Dumping Apparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for elevating and dumping materials, more particularly coal, sand, and gravel, and has for its object, among others, to provide a simple yet efficient and durable device whereby the material may be elevated to the desired point and there automatically dumped.

Other objects and the advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention in its preferred form is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the figures of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the appa-' ratus. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the frame, showing the removable part of the guides. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side of the bucket. Fig. 4 is a view of the frame and bucket in the act of dumping. Fig. 5 is a view of the bucket in the loading position. Fig. 6 is a detail of the frame.

Like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

The main frame of the apparatus is a derrick built up of the side bars 1, connected at the top by cross-bar 2 and at the bottom by base-board 3. The rear legs 4 are stifiened by cross-braces 5 and cross-pieces 6 and are connected to the side bars 1 by braces 7. The side bars 1 are connected by cross-bars 8, which support the side guides or rails 9 and the middle guide or rail 10, the side boards 11, the removable parts of the guides, and

the slidable head of the elevator. The upper parts of the side bars are L-shaped, the lower flanges projecting inward and supporting the removable guides and slidable head. i

The slidable head, which is movable up or down, according to the desired height to which the material is to be raised, is constructed of two side bars 23, which rest on the rear flanges of the side bars 1. These bars 23 are connected by cross-bars 24, which in turn support the side rails 25, middle rail 26, and side boards 27. Lugs 38, attached to the bars 23, are L-shaped and keep the slidable head in position. Cleats 39 are for the same purpose. Brackets 12 are attached to the upper ends of the bars 23 and support the bar 13, which carries the pulleys 14, over which passes the hoisting-rope 15. This rope passes downward and under pulley 16, attached to the base-board 3, and maybe led to the hoisting drum of a Windlass. For small-sized apparatus horse-power may be used. The other end of the rope passes downward under pulley 17, attached to bail 18 of bucket 19, thence up to the aforesaid bar 13, as shown in Fig. 1. A second rope 20 is also attached to bail 18, passing up over pulleys 21, attached to cross-bar 24, and down.

It is attached to counterweight 22, as shown. in Fig. 1.

This weight is preferably a little less heavy than the empty bucket, thus allowing the latter. to return to the bottom by gravity. dle'cross-bar 24, and at this point the side rails are provided with hooks 28, which will be explained later. A hopper 29 is removably supported by the links 30, which in turn are attached to the side bars of the sliding head. A discharge-spout 31 is attached to the bottom of the hopper.

The removable guides or ways are marked 32 and 33. They are supported by crosspieces 34, which are carried by the side pieces 35, which in turn rest on the flanges of the main side bars 1. These removable guides or ways are inserted whenever it is desired to raise the slidable head and discharge the material at a greater height. The bucket 19 may be of any desired form. It is supported on three rollers or wheels, the two upper running on the outside rails and the lower wheel The rails 25 and 26 end at the midrunning on the middle rail. When the bucket is raised to the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 4, the incline 36 on the middle guide or rail raises the rear wheel. The upper wheels are engaged and held by the hooks 28, and any further pull on the hoisting-rope 15 causes the bucket to assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and thus discharge its contents. At the lower end of said guides, as shown in Fig. 5, are inclines 37, which tend to throw out the upper end of the bucket when in position for loading. The middle guide or rail is cut away, as shown at 38 of Fig. 1, thus permitting the bucket to rest firmly on its bottom end. The side boards 11 and 27 on one side furnish a guide for the weight 22. On the other side strips may be attached to permit easy ascent for the purpose of making repairs or changes.

The operation of this apparatus will be evident from the above description. Its value will be seen when the loss caused by coal being broken by being dropped from too great heights is considered. It also saves the power usually wasted by hoisting material to unnecessary heights when the point of discharge need be but a part of such height.

What I claim as new in this apparatus, and desire to have covered by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in an elevator, of fixed lower rails, a sliding head and a removable intermediate section on which the sliding head is supported to regulate the height of the point of discharge substantially as described.

2. In an elevator, the combination of fixed side bars, a slidable head resting on the same, rails carried by the side bars and the slidable head, a removable intermediate section, rails carried by said intermediate section forming aconncction between the rails of the slidable head and the fixed rails substantially as described.

3. In an elevator, the combination of fixed rails, rails slidable endwise, intermediate removable rails regulating the position of the slidable rails interposed between the slidable rails and the fixed rails, and a bucket traveling on said rails, its distance of travel being determined by the position of the slidable rails substantially as described.

4. In an elevator, the combination of a fixed frame carrying guides, an intermediate removable frame carrying guides, a slidable head carrying guides, a hopper supported by said slidable head, a spout leading from said hopper, and a bucket traveling on the guides of the fixed frame, the removable section and the slidable head and discharging into said hopper, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the frame or derrick, the bucket and its elevating devices and the rollers on said bucket, of means including inclined planes acting with said rollers for placing the bucket in position for loading, substantially as described.

6. The combination with the derrick or frame and the bucket and its elevating devices, of a counterbalance weight for the bucket, the rope to said counterbalance weight attached to the bail of the bucket, an inclined plane for throwing out the lower end of the bucket, and means for automatically dumping the same when it reaches the limit of its upward movement, said means beingadjustable in height, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

RUSSELL HOLLOPETER.

Witnesses:

H. EMANUEL FLETCHER, CHAS. A. HARRIS. 

